Lillquist, Erik
Waldeck, Sarah E.
2009-05-19T17:22:44Z
2009-05-19T17:22:44Z
2008
0196-2043
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/9180
52 p.
We begin in Part I by describing and modeling how merchants and
consumers decide whether to adopt and use a particular payment
technology and then introduce the complications of network effects
and multi-sided platforms. In Part II, we describe the various roles
that the government may assume vis-à-vis any new technology,
namely, legislator, fiduciary, or seller. Part III then discusses the
tools that the government has available to influence public
preferences. Part IV argues that despite the availability of these tools,
the government generally should not act to promote particular
technologies.
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University of Oregon School of Law
Oregon Law Review : Vol. 87 No. 2, p.482-580 : Government Intervention in Emerging Networked Technologies
Government Intervention in Emerging Networked Technologies
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